The side panels on the Pantheon are very easy to remove thanks to the thumbscrews. The weight of each panel is actually, surprisingly light. Removing these panels reveal a spacious interior with a rather large CPU backplate coverage and rubber grommets for threading cabling through. The motherboard tray dips down to allow better cable routing around the rear. Strangely though we have a deviation from traditional airflow standards, Xigmatek have chose to attach 2 x 120mm fans to the HDD cage (both of these fans have white LEDs).

Having the fans in this orientation as opposed to having a fan behind the front grill could have a negative impact on efficient airflow. There is no airflow passing into the case from the front to the back. Although the fan acting as a rear exhaust is pulling heat/air out it has no airflow being directed at it from the alternate side. It will be interesting to see how this alternative placement affects thermal performance a little later.





At the bottom of the Pantheon there is suitable placement for a bottom mounted PSU. There are rubber mounts here for vibration reduction and also to preserve the coating on your PSU and prevent scratching. There is also a designated spot for 120/140mm fan mounting. Both spots come with air filters that can be removed and cleaned.



The Pantheon retains tool-less mechanisms throughout, whilst the PCI brackets don't specifically feature a mechanism they do have thumbscrews which mean that you won't have to get the screwdriver out. The brackets here are solid steel and do not feature any airflow friendly perforation, there are 7 in total. Next to this of course as we saw earlier, there are 4 rubber grommets for feeding cabling/tubes through.